The Tacoma Art Museum went dark for the weekend after staff abruptly evacuated, following a second-hand warning that someone was coming to attack the building. Public programs were paused while police dug into the report, which investigators later determined was not credible. The museum said it planned to welcome visitors back the following Wednesday morning.
According to The News Tribune, employees cleared the building after staff received a report that someone was “coming to shoot the place up.” The museum posted on Facebook that it would be closed for the weekend. Tacoma Police Department told the paper there was “no known threat to the public” and said investigators reviewed the information before deciding it did not amount to a public…..